The Latest Breaking News from Louvre

Three months before the start of the Paris Olympics, the Louvre will add its cultural heft to the prelude with the launch on Wednesday of an exhibition glorifying the museum's role in the birth of the modern Games. It features the academics, artists and politicians whose dynamism defined the Olympics…

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The Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum for the duration of the Paris Games in July and August, according to reports from French news agency AFP.

The decision to place the Olympic cauldron in the tourist hotspot in the center of the city was taken "several weeks ago", the source said on condition of anonymity.

After campaigners target the Mona Lisa, we look back at artworks that have been defaced.

Wearing T-shirts that read "food counterattack," two women wreaked havoc at the Louvre in Paris

Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters

Travis Kelce said he wanted to get a painting made of Jason Kelce's viral screaming moment, and an artist went viral on TikTok for doing just that.

Visiting the Louvre will soon cost more than ever, as the world's biggest museum seeks to cover rising costs without lifting caps on crowds.

Some argue this painting depicts the artist’s subject in her younger years and is the first version of his iconic work. Others are less convinced

French police say the Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff after receiving bomb threats